In club football you have your players and staff with you all the time, preparing for two games a week, you know them inside out, you have a discipline over them.

When I got drafted I was sitting at home with my Mom watching the draft live on the internet when my name popped up on the screen. We both jumped up in joy and I immediately called my Dad who was out of town for work. Everyone was thrilled and then about 10 minutes late Matt Anderson (the Marlins scout who drafted me) called to give me the news as well and to start negotiating a contract.

There's a famous saying: "If you pass the square ball in your own defensive third it must not be intercepted."

Footballers are no different from human beings.

My favorite team growing up was the Cincinnati Reds. Living within 10 minutes of the ball park I went to as many games as possible growing up as long as they didn't conflict with my baseball schedule.

To be really happy, we must throw our hearts over the bar and hope that our bodies will follow.

Agents do nothing for the good of football. I'd like to see them lined up against a wall and machine-gunned ?some accountants and solicitors with them.